I am so excited to be hosting a spot on blog tour for TITANS by Victoria Scott I adore Victoria and her books!! I have an excerpt from TITANS to share with you today! And make sure to enter the awesome giveaway for a finished copy of the book!
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Title: TITANS
Author: Victoria Scott
Pub. Date: February 23, 2016
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
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From Victoria Scott, author of FIRE & FLOOD, comes a thrilling story of impossible odds.
Ever since the Titans first appeared in her Detroit neighborhood, Astrid Sullivan’s world has revolved around the mechanical horses. She and her best friend have spent countless hours watching them and their jockeys practice on the track. It’s not just the thrill of the race. It’s the engineering of the horses and the way they’re programmed to seem so lifelike. The Titans are everything that fascinates Astrid, and nothing she’ll ever touch.
She hates them a little, too. Her dad lost everything betting on the Titans. And the races are a reminder of the gap between the rich jockeys who can afford the expensive machines to ride, and the working class friends and neighbors of Astrid’s who wager on them.
But when Astrid’s offered a chance to enter an early model Titan in this year’s derby, well, she decides to risk it all. Because for a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, it’s more than a chance at fame or money. Betting on herself is the only way she can see to hang on to everyone in the world she cares about.
Now on to the excerpt!
Excerpt from TITANS
by Victoria Scott
Rags glances around to check if
anyone’s listening and then says, “Astrid, I’m never going to make this offer
again. Not to you. Maybe not to anyone. So you can come and have a look, or you
can go home. It’s no sweat off my back.”
Dead bodies. There
have to be dead bodies in there. Or maybe a lifetime supply of orange vests,
lightly splattered with inconspicuous blood for good measure. I’m not sure what’s
in his work shed, but I do know fifteen minutes ago I felt like the world was
ending. And now my lungs are pumping and my blood is warming and I’m walking
toward the thing he’s motioning to.
He steps all the way
inside, and I follow him in. After he flips the light switch, I make out a
lumpy figure on the dirt floor, covered by a burlap blanket.
Yep, dead body.
“Can I trust you?” he
asks.
“Can you trust me?” I
repeat. “I’m standing in your Creep Dungeon staring at what looks like neatly
arranged corpses. I think the question is whether I can trust you.”
He shakes his head.
“I’m an idiot for doing this, but I’m getting too old to stand still.”
He bends down, knees
creaking, and pulls back the blanket.
I gasp when I see
what he’s revealed. A Titan like I’ve never seen before, with smooth black
steel and silver hooves dirtied by years of neglect. The animal’s legs bend at
awkward angles, and its head is thrown back as if in pain. Though its eyes are
closed, soft faux lashes encircle the sockets, giving the horse a kind
appearance despite its intimidating black coat.
I circle the
creature, and my eyes land on the control panel at the base of its neck. The
dials are different from today’s Titans, but I could figure them out.
I
could figure them out.
That’s how quickly I
go from studying this broken-down Titan to thinking about the one rider who
will be allowed to enter the circuit this year, free of charge.
I
could figure them out.
I
could race in the Titan Derby.
I
could win and save my family’s home.
About Victoria:
Victoria Scott is a teen fiction writer represented by Sara
Crowe of the Harvey-Klinger Literary Agency. She’s the author of the FIRE &
FLOOD series, and TITANS published by Scholastic, and the DANTE WALKER trilogy
published by Entangled Teen. Her books have been bought and translated in
eleven foreign markets including the UK, Turkey, China, Poland, Israel,
Germany, Australia, Brazil, Taiwan, New Zealand, and the Netherlands.
Victoria lives in Dallas with her husband and hearts cotton
candy something fierce.
Giveaway Details:
3 will receive finished copies of TITANS, US Only.
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